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The 13 pages that link to Deir el-Medina, each with the reason it gives.

• EgyptologyBroader topic: Its houses, records, and personal objects reveal work and community life beyond royal monuments.

• Valley of the KingsRelated: Its artisans supplied the skilled labor behind the valley’s excavated and painted tombs.

• ThebesBroader topic: Its houses, tombs, and records illuminate the workers behind Thebes’s royal burials.

• Ancient Egyptian architectureBroader topic: Its compact houses offer rare evidence for domestic architecture and builders’ lives.

• Egyptian archaeologyBroader topic: Homes, tombs, and written records illuminate ordinary work and household life.

• Ancient Egyptian administrationBroader topic: Its records illuminate local administration of labor, supplies, and disputes.

• Ancient Egyptian taxationBroader topic: Its workers received state provisions, offering a close view of labor, rations, and administration.

• Theban NecropolisBroader topic: Its residents built and decorated many nearby royal tombs.

• Ramesses IIIRelated: Its workers’ strike offers a local view of economic hardship during his reign.

• Ramesside periodBroader topic: Its records reveal the skilled labor and work stoppages behind royal burial projects.

• HieraticRelated: Its ostraca and papyri preserve an unusually rich record of everyday hieratic writing.

• Amenhotep IBroader topic: Tradition credited Amenhotep I and his mother Ahmose-Nefertari with the community’s foundation and patronage.

• History of ancient EgyptBroader topic: Its houses, objects, and written records reveal workers’ lives beyond elite monuments.